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Dear Elijah… A Letter to My Unborn Son.

By Rob | Published: May 31, 2009

Dear Son,

First off, I’m so proud to be your dad and I can’t wait to see your face and meet you. I have tried very hard to be there while you were growing in your mommas belly but the circumstances have not allowed me that privilege. I really hope you can understand that later in life when you can make your own judgments. You yourself will see my heart and how much I care about you and your mom.

I want you to know that I love you and no matter what hardships your mother and I go through, you mean the world to me. No one can take my feelings for you away from me. I wish things could have been different and the three of us – your mom, you and I – could have been a family but that was taken from me. I just wanted a happy family to raise you.

Son, you are my heart. You are the center of my life and I miss you so much. I didn’t get to see you grow and that has hurt me very deeply. That has tortured me to the point of crying and not being able to sleep. I miss rubbing lotion on your mommas belly every night and getting to see you move and kick. I wish I could hear your heart beat. I just wish I could feel you for a second of my life. Just a small kick or a small bump. I miss you so much… Read More »

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Using Gnome-Do To Stay Up-To-Date With Twitter

By Rob | Published: May 28, 2009

There are a lot of applications out there that can help you stay in-touch with your Twitter account but for Ubuntu users the simplest is Gnome-Do. If you’re not looking for a all out interface to clutter your desktop and want a lightweight, minimalist solution I would suggest using Gnome-Do and it’s Microblogging plugin. It’s easy to setup and it uses Gnome’s notification interface to display tweets from the “tweeps” you follow.

Gnome-Do Microblogging Notification

What’s even cooler is sending a tweet is as simple as invoking Do’s dialog and typing away. Once your message is complete hit enter and your message has been sent to your Twitter account. You’ll even get a notification that Twitter has received and posted your message.

If you don’t have Gnome-Do installed:

sudo apt-get install gnome-do

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“Be Happy Anyway!” A Way of Thinking

By Rob | Published: May 22, 2009

Rob YardmanThis morning I received a “tweet” from the one and only Rev Run (@RevRunWisdom) on twitter. And in 140 characters he summed up a lot of things by touching on one simple subject; being happy. His message was to simply look beyond the imperfections in your life and DECIDE to be happy. It’s just that simple. Happiness is a state of mind and not just a destination.

All too often we let the state our happiness depend on how others treat us. We become consumed with the littlest things and we forget to look at the bigger picture. We let these “things” in our daily lives drag us down. Things that usually we have no control over, or sometimes really don’t matter much at all.

My grandmother gave me some of the best advice when I was a teenager and dealing with the pressures of life, “don’t sweat the small stuff.” Don’t be burdened by the things you can’t control and don’t dwell on these things either. It’s waisted energy and in the end, life will play itself out anyway. Keep a good attitude and take care of the things you can control.

The past few weeks I’ve been faced with some things that have really brought me down. They’ve changed my life and caused me to lose a lot of sleep. When I evaluated the situation and reflected on it I realized that although I love someone and care for them deeply; I can’t control their actions, intentions or feelings. I’m going to live my life to my principles and do everything in my control to be a good person. I’m making the personal decision to be happy. I’ve had to do a lot of soul searching and self reflection to finally be content. You can too.

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Cool Trick; Tying A Tie The Easy Way

By Rob | Published: May 12, 2009

This is pretty cool. Whoever figured this out is pretty innovative. I’ve never been all that good with tying ties, but this looks pretty easy.


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Gumball 3000 Stops By Santa Fe, NM

By Rob | Published: May 5, 2009

Yesterday my sister and I headed to down town Santa Fe to check out the Gumball 3000 Rally meet up. It was pretty cool and a lot of people came out the check in on the action. When we got there only a few cars had arrived but we still got to see a couple of Lambo’s and Porsche.

A few of the Gumballers are updating via twitter:

Joey Redmond posted some awesome picture on his website: LuxuryVice.com. Only problem is that he refers to Santa Fe as “Santa Fe Springs.”

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